nun
nun [nun nuns] BrE [nʌn] NAmE [nʌn] noun a member of a religious community of women who promise to serve God all their lives and often live together in a ↑convent compare ↑monk Word Origin: Old English nonne, from ecclesiastical Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus ‘monk’, reinforced by Old French nonne. Example Bank: •She was wearing a nun's habit and leather sandals.
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